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PRC Results

The Powderhorn Racing Club (PRC) kicked off their 2014 season January 4th and 5th in Winter Park followed by Breckenridge January 25th and 26th. Congratulations to our young racers and we are all excited to keep an eye on the rest of the season!

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The Buddy Werner League Championship was held at Sunlight Mountain Resort on March 9th. Sarah Mathwig led the Powderhorn Racing Club with two first place finishes in the girls U8 age group. Kymber Worthington led the U16 girls with a 2nd and 3rd place finish. On the boys side, Ty Gardner led the U8 boys with a 3rd and 5th place finish. Other top ten finishes included Owen Bickham (6th, 9th); Sam Garmany (4th, 7th) and Thomas Robinson (9th, 8th) for the U8 boys. Charlie Padyk (7th, 5th); Zenon Reece (6th, 6th); Ryder Sisac (10th, 8th) and Lucas Motley (9th) for the U10 boys and Justin Gumone (10th, 10th) in the U14 boys. On the girls side, Kate Grossman (6th); Grace McAnany (7th, 8th) and Sarah Foster (10th, 10th) for the U8 girls; Amelia Knaysi (9th, 8th) for the U10 girls, and Annika Sisac (7th, 7th) and Ashleigh Gardner (9th, 9th) in the U12 girls.

Luke Meyers and Sarah Mathwig also competed at the U10 Championships at Telluride Ski Resort on March 15-16. Luke finished with a 15th and 23rd place finishes in the Giant Slalom and 31st and 21st place finishes in the Slalom in a field of 67 racers from the region. Sarah, a U8 racer competing against U10 racers, finished with a 31st and 30th place finishes in the Giant Slalom and 35th and 31st place finishes in the Slalom in a field of 44 racers from the region.

Congratulations to all our PRC racers for a job well done and the future is looking bright with all our young racers. We would also like to wish good luck to Peter Carlson who is competing in the U14 Championships this week in Winter Park and to Hannah Carlson, Noah Mathwig, Garrett Jennings and Joshua Meyers who are competing in the U12 Championships at our home mountain, Powderhorn Mountain Resort, on March 22-23.

February 28 - March 2, 2014

The Council Cup Race was held at Ski Cooper for our U14 racers 28 February through 2 March. Peter Carlson led the charge for the Powderhorn Racing Club (PRC) finishing with a first and second-place finish in the Super-G, a 10th place finish in the Slalom, and finishing with two first-place finishes in the Giant Slalom culminating with a first overall and qualifying for the Junior Championships as a Junior Olympic racer for the Rocky Mountain Division. Peter will race against approximately 95 racers from the Rocky Mountain and Central Divisions at the U14 Championships in Winter Park 11-16 March. Congratulations to Peter!

Our other PRC racers had strong finishes at Council Cup including Matthew Meyers, who finished with a 5th place finish in the Slalom and a 10th place finish in the Giant Slalom. The Powderhorn Racing Club was able to send a large group of racers with Maddy Pill-Kastens, Lucy Foley, Kate Hayde, Caroline Qualls, Aidan Padyk and Ryan Foley all showing great improvement over the course of the year and making personal bests at the Council Cup. Congratulations to all our racers for a job well done.

Besides the upcoming U14 Championships, our PRC racers will be competing at the BWL Championships on 9 March at Sunlight, the U10 Championships on 15-16 March in Telluride and the U12 Championships on 22-23 March at Powderhorn. We would like to thank all our coaches for a job well done, and good luck to all our racers in the upcoming events and we are very proud of all that you have accomplished this year!

Winter Park - January 4th - 5th, 2014

The Powderhorn Racing Club Age Class skiers had their first Giant Slalom race of the season at Winter Park on January 4-5. The team was lead by Luke Meyers who had three 2nd Place finishes and a 4th place finish in the 8/9 year old race class. Josh Meyers had three top ten finishes including a 4th place finish in the 10/11 year old class. Hannah Carlson had a top 10 finish in the 10/11 age class.Peter Carlson had a top 10 finish in the 13/14 age class. Overall out of 85 female racers, Rachel Meleski best finish was a 19th place, Maddy Pill-Kastens (22nd), Kate Hayde (38th) and Lucy Foley (46th). Out of 95 male racers, Matthew Meyers' best finish was 26th, Aidan Padyk (34th), Noah Mathwig (51st) and Ryan Foley (73rd). Congratulations to our young racers and we are all excited for the remainder of the season!

Breckenridge - January 25th - 26th, 2014

The Powderhorn Racing Club Age Class U-14 skiers had their first Super-G race of the season at Breckenridge on January 25-26. The team was lead by our 13 year olds, Peter Carlson and Maddie Pill-Kastens, who finished with personal bests. Peter's top finish in the male division (86 racers) was 17th, and Maddie's top finish in the female division was 25th (102 racers). Our 12 year old girls and boys also had a strong showing with Kate Hayde and Lucy Foley finishing back to back with 71st and 72nd place finishes in the female division (102 racers). Our 12 year old boys were led by Aidan Padyk with a 61st place finish and a 63rd place finish by Ryan Foley (86 racers). Congratulations to all our U-14 racers for a great effort.